Makkah Masjid

Iran President Hassan Rouhani will arrive in India today for a three-day tour of the country. Mr Rouhani's visit comes a month after the Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu was here, indicating India's delicate balancing act. The president's first stop will be in Hyderabad where he will visit the Salar Jung Museum, Golconda Fort and Qutb Shahi Tomb. He wi...

For over a year, Mohammed Ashraf visited a mosque in Chennai hoping to make it to the Indian Administrative Services. Not to pray, but to attend coaching classes.

The Makkah Masjid on Chennai's busy Anna Salai road is like any other mosque as you approach it. But enter and walk up the stairs and you find 40 young men listening to a lecture or thumbing through reference books.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani will arrive in India today for a three-day tour of the country. Mr Rouhani's visit comes a month after the Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu was here, indicating India's delicate balancing act. The president's first stop will be in Hyderabad where he will visit the Salar Jung Museum, Golconda Fort and Qutb Shahi Tomb. He wi...

For over a year, Mohammed Ashraf visited a mosque in Chennai hoping to make it to the Indian Administrative Services. Not to pray, but to attend coaching classes.

The Makkah Masjid on Chennai's busy Anna Salai road is like any other mosque as you approach it. But enter and walk up the stairs and you find 40 young men listening to a lecture or thumbing through reference books.